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fuscia
November 19th, 2007, 10:32 AM
90x90 is pretty small and i find it difficult to even make the image clear enough. 150x150 would be perfect, but 120x120 would certainly work 90% of the time. even 100x100 would be better. not a big issue. just thought i'd ask.
matthew
November 19th, 2007, 01:10 PM
I'm sorry, I don't think we will be making them larger. 90x90 isn't bad...the vBulletin default is 80x80. You can go up to 100x100 for your profile pic, but that's probably not much comfort when a bigger av is the real goal.

Hey, is that you in your av?
mips
November 19th, 2007, 01:46 PM
Hey, is that you in your av?

The individual in the av looks female and we have already established that fuscia is male I think. There was some long thread about 'his' avatar some time back.

Then again this is the internet and nothing is certain :)
fuscia
November 19th, 2007, 02:02 PM
Hey, is that you in your av?

yes, that is i, but let's just keep it platonic, ok? thanks.
KiwiNZ
November 19th, 2007, 02:37 PM
*cough*
matthew
November 19th, 2007, 04:10 PM
The individual in the av looks female and we have already established that fuscia is male I think. There was some long thread about 'his' avatar some time back.

Then again this is the internet and nothing is certain :)Yeah...it's kind of a running joke. I know he's really a married, middle aged man.

yes, that is i, but let's just keep it platonic, ok? thanks.Sigh. Okay.
KiwiNZ
November 19th, 2007, 05:22 PM
Yeah...it's kind of a running joke. I know he's really a married, middle aged man.

Sigh. Okay.


I thought he was an OLD married man:p
matthew
November 19th, 2007, 05:26 PM
I thought he was an OLD married man:protfl!!!!!1
fuscia
November 20th, 2007, 12:03 AM
i may be an old married man, but i'm still stunning, and yes, that is me in my av!
wieman01
November 20th, 2007, 07:29 AM
i may be an old married man, but i'm still stunning, and yes, that is me in my av!
Your alter ego?
fuscia
November 20th, 2007, 10:00 AM
eeeeew! it looks like i have a moustache! it doesn't look like that in the bigger version.
wieman01
November 20th, 2007, 11:39 AM
eeeeew! it looks like i have a moustache! it doesn't look like that in the bigger version.
Jee... it's getting worse, mate. What is this??
jdong
November 20th, 2007, 12:29 PM
Tell ya what, Fuscia, if you send me some fiber-optic cables so I can directly wire from terabit downstairs to my room, then that should offset the bandwidth lag of larger avatars and we'll talk :)
fuscia
November 20th, 2007, 06:09 PM
Tell ya what, Fuscia, if you send me some fiber-optic cables so I can directly wire from terabit downstairs to my room, then that should offset the bandwidth lag of larger avatars and we'll talk :)

if i understood what the fork you just said, i'd think about it.
KiwiNZ
November 20th, 2007, 08:36 PM
if i understood what the fork you just said, i'd think about it.


Heap big pipe down which one can stuff a huge amont of Data.

Kinda like using a Hummer to do the grocery shopping.
jdong
November 20th, 2007, 08:57 PM
Heap big pipe down which one can stuff a huge amont of Data.

Kinda like using a Hummer to do the grocery shopping.


Hey! I do that!

But more seriously, I think an avatar size increase reduces already limited screen estate and bloats what is IMO already too large of a page download size per thread. Any more down this path and we'd be the new Launchpad when it comes to load times and it'll make the forums less usable.